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such situations unmolested for comparatively long periods, 
whilst the rabbits on Burhou would doubtless afford a very 
succulent dietary. 
Accipiter nisus. The Sparrow-Hawk. 
An occasional, and not uncommon visitor during both 
winter and summer, except during the breeding-season, but 
it is more usually met with in winter. L. has one in his 
collection, and tells me he has shot six at various times. It 
is, I think, becoming less common. 
Hierofalco islandus candicans. The Greenland Falcon. 
Mr. Cecil Smith records that, during his visit to Alderney 
in 1878 he saw a stuffed specimen of this bird, which had 
been shot on the island somewhere about the autumn 
of 1876. 
This is the only record I have. 
Falco peregrinus. The Peregrine Falcon. 
L. has shot two—a female on the 28th of October, 1889, 
and a male on the 12th of March, 1891. 
Mr. Eagle Clarke saw one on the cliffs on the 20th of 
September, 1898. It is somewhat surprising that it has not 
been more often recorded, as there are several apparently 
suitable breeding-places for it at Alderney. I have not 
myself noticed it. 
Falco subbuteo. The Hobby. 
I saw one of these birds on the afternoon of the 19th of 
April, 1920. It stooped to one of the swallow tribe, which 
it missed, and in doing so came within twenty yards of me, 
affording an excellent view. I again saw it later on the 
same afternoon in my garden, but it was doubtless on 
migration, as it was not about the next day. 
Falco sesalon. The Merlin. 
L. tells me he has seen two, both during autumn, and that 
Mr. May of Alderney once shot one. 
Mr. Eagle Clarke noticed one at the west end of the island 
on the 23rd of September, 1898. 
